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So that'll be "Mister Nessa" from now on, right? I'd like to get that Gar. Oct. Wom. rec. - it lks. gd.

And Amanda Parsons could contribute backing vocals!

Spedding... only if Pip Pyle was somehow part of the deal!

Right, for me it's Search For the New Land... I'm paring down my BNs to the ones I really *need;* my collection is weighted to the upper end of the 4000 series and now I think should be more 1500 series. I think that's the stuff I listen to the most - which should seem ironic to anyone who knows my usual "Funny Rat" tastes.

A.T, Baby Dodds and then a host of 'free-time' cats on my short list. Not Blakey, though I do *like* him on several records. Mind you, "Roll Call," "Somethin' Else," "Minor Move" et al aren't going anywhere!

Ah, too late, one Blakey left and zero Smith, but I think I have about nine Lee Morgan records sitting on the shelves depreciating as we speak...

I only have "Have You Heard?" but I like it A LOT.

Damn, Sidey, no wonder I'm freaking you out...

That's exactly why I didn't keep any of my Messengers records and why I'm thinking of getting rid of a lot of their ilk, too... Funny, I wouldn't think of dumping Tina Brooks but it's easy for me to let go of Blakey and Jimmy Smith and Lee Morgan. And no, I didn't sell my daughter - I don't even have a kid to give away!

Brotzmann/Bennink "Schwarzwaldfahrt" (FMP) Wrong, just wrong!

A Jazz Message (Impulse), quartet with Stitt, Tyner and Art Davis. That's the only one I own as leader, and I like it very much. I sold my Messengers records (gasp!)...

I remember that dude - but couldn't remember the name of that show. The things Organissimo dredges up!

Bill Dixon records making his morning coffee, so you can bet he's documented those duos (and that's meant in all respect to Dixon - God love a man who leaves the tape recorder on for all of it, releasable or no).

Ditto. Check eBay - it's not that expensive, maybe $40.

Happy to derail... I'm referring to how impossible it is to deal with Margaret for promoters, reviewers and anyone involved with the cottage industry that is 'non-mainstream jazz'. Say anything remotely critical of Henry, William Parker, etc., in print and she's writing nasty emails. Try to put together a small out-of-town gig and she demands catering and very skewed percentages. Not to mention the fact that there are a lot of up-and-coming bassists hungry to play with the chops to show for it, and the Margaret Davis machine gets Henry the gigs. I mean the guy can play, and his chops have improved since the comeback, but I'll be the devil's advocate that things have gotten a little out of hand with the 'Henry Grimes Comeback' scene.

C'mon, Brownie, I thought you were the one behind all the noisy 70s French pressings!

I wouldn't be so gracious, but whatever floats one's boat I guess.

Bernard Hunnekink (IIRC, trombonist who worked with Breuker)

Eje Thelin (Swedish trombonist, should go with Cel in the 'how to pronounce' thread, but it is a cool-sounding name when you pronounce it right). I think Grachan crops up earlier in this thread, though it could be either III or II!

Yeah, I guess the DMM factor is the problem with OJC LPs. They just never sound 'right' to me. I'll even take a blue label Prestige reissue (or a purple New Jazz), but even those are tough to come by in nice shape. Don't think I have any of the twofers anymore - went out with a major culling a few years back, along with a lot of other things I'd forgotten about...

Yeah, I came along to it a little later so I had the dubious luxury of OJCs and the occasional Japanese issue to work with... I mean, sure, you get the original cover art but they're off-tint one-piece flimsy things. Ugh. But then again, I have like five originals, all fairly noisy in the quiet spots, so...

What does he see in Margaret Davis? That's my question!

Sidewinder, what are YOU doing with a twofer?!?

I believe that was the case with "100% Proof" but I can't vouch for the others. I have Japanese versions of them, which are fine.